Quotes by Gwen Ifill

About Gwen Ifill:

Gwendolyn L. "Gwen" Ifill is an American journalist, television newscaster and author. She is the moderator and managing editor of Washington Week and co-anchor and co-managing editor, with Judy Woodruff, of PBS NewsHour, both of which air on PBS. She is a political analyst, and moderated the 2004 and 2008 Vice Presidential debates. She is the author of the book The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama.
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Don't count out other amazing programming like Frontline. You will still find more hours of in-depth news programming, investigative journalism and analysis on PBS than on any other outlet.

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People do still cheer for the President. And some of the military audiences are more likely to cheer than others. I have seen him speak lately in front of groups like Freedom House, where the applause was a long time coming.

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History shows that people often do cast their votes for amorphous reasons-the most powerful among them being the need for change. Just ask Bill Clinton.

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Hope springs eternal, even in politics.

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Can't disagree with the need for a grasp of history.

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Journalists are accused of being lapdogs when they don't ask the hard questions, but then accused of being rude when they do. Good thing we have tough hides.

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Tony Blair - good thing there are not parliamentary elections in this country.

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We're not paying attention to the fact that Hillary Clinton is running in 2006. Everyone is looking to her for the future. It's the same with anybody else who's positioning themselves.

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One of the things that Africa needs, everybody seems to agree, is some measure of debt relief.

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The common agenda both sides seem to share is: Whatever works.

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You would like me to say that the veil will be ripped from the voters' eyes sometime between now and November, thereby restoring the proper version of Democracy to the House and Senate. I won't say that, of course. The simple reason is, I don't know.

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The President has launched a very agressive campaign of self-defense, with the goal of getting Americans to buy into his vision of America on the world stage.

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We will wait to see if it is a doozy before we decide how to cover it, and what it all means.

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Whatever their motivations, lawmakers on both side of the aisle have certainly discovered that immigration is one of those issues that resonate strongly with the public.

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When the President was asked about global warming at a public appearance yesterday, he responded by talking about America's addiction to oil. You make the connection.

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Is it unreasonable to have proof of citizenship when entering another country?

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On immigration, there are a lot of hurdles before anything arrives at the White House.

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There seems to be more abiding interest in unearthing old memos abroad than there is here.

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Did I say that the President's entire job is image management? Of course not.

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If you start to catalog Hillary Clinton's positions between now and 2008, we're going to have a lot of conversations because there are a lot of places for her to go.

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Author Bio

  • NameGwen Ifill
  • DescriptionAmerican journalist, television newscaster and author
  • BornSeptember 29, 1955
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionJournalist